Some pictures of my impulse buy - DX Moya Moya Z-Cune... Why impulse? Because I see 170yuan, thought "Super cheap!" and buy it... sigh.... Anyway, the details on this piece are quite exquisite and refined, much much better than some of the so-called DX, eg. 'fruit slicer'... Hahahaha... just joking lah...

The gun mode is what I will display now, for the moment... Simply I have no space to have the (amazingly long, if you see in person, unbelievable... ) spread-out 'hair' of the figurine mode in the space allocated for displaying it... And The gun mode is 1:1 scale, which I don't have 1 yet (for a Super Sentai / Kamen Rider Weapon).... Nice... But it can be better if the stands are made of transparent plastic instead of opaque black...

Figurine mode... A little pity that it does not have any 'auto-morph' feature as seen in the show... but, manual will do too...

The details are simply amazingly well-defined... Fingernails...Even the shoe... Nice...

Will I sell it off? Hmmm.... Maybe not... Kind of like the Magnum-style gun mode...

Monday, December 23, 2013

KO Perfect Zecter (2nd Buy)
My 2nd buy of the KO Perfect Zecter... Seen 1 YouTube clip that this KO may be slightly smaller than the real one... Anyway, will try to implant some circuits for better sounds/lights instead of using the (supposedly) cheesy ones inside it... Cost is approximately $28.95...

Bandai of China (BoC): DX Lunar Cue
It is the Bandai of China version!!!! This is taken from American Power Rangers version, but I had not tested it yet, so not sure if it has working sounds/lights... Cost is approximately $18.25...

KO Crystal Saber
It is a KO! And the colours are almost identical... I think... I did not have a chance to own any real ones, but earlier when I was dismantling the items to repair the internal circuit, I realised it came with all parts, including the top cap that you can press (which the real version will play some music sound), and the sheathe too... Nice... Bought 2 of them, but 1 of them seem to be made of a dirty plastic... Then as I research a little on the internet, some mentioned that the Japanese version has an "aged" look... not sure if it means it looks dirty like what 1 of mine is... I also had to trim off the internal posts inside the sheathe that retain the blade in it... And yes, the ball can be taken out too!!!! Nice again... Cost is approximately $8.40 each...

Skyfire Legend : White Tiger Blade
Hmmm... Some toy from China's own line of sentai-like... Bought it with intention use the blade to make into Hamel Cane... Cost is approximately $8.90...

Took a long time...but finally it is completed!!!! My very own Kamen Rider V3 Double Typhoon Belt!!!! Used a spare LRS Ichigou Belt to make ... The design will be based on the LRS Double Typhoon Belt (which I once tried to purchase from Taobao.com but was told that it was sold out...)

Used another sound record-playback circuit to replace the earlier one as this one will not lose the recordings even when batteries are taken out... 2 motors are used to run the fan blades separately... All components bought from Taobao.com ...

Can't really see properly here... but there is a piece of clear plastic covering over the big hole, which will be painted later... The gaps are sealed with super-glue with tissue paper, then filed off the excess when dried.....

Testing... ok!

Next, exterior of the belt... spray painted... Took a long long time as I realised the white paint will get "fused" with the red plastic... In the end had to spray a layer of silver over first then spray the white...

Interior of the belt buckle... Added plastic pieces to prevent the inner circuit to be seen from outside of the 2 circular "windows...

Belt is attached...

Used a hand-soap bottle plastic to cut out the "V" detail, and toy sword's sheathe to cut out the "3" detail... Both are pasted with double-sided tape... Nice... Done!!!!!!

Here's a quick demo of the Kamen Rider V3 Double Typhoon Belt...

Last part left to do: The battery cover... hahaha....

Edit: Made an update modification to use only 1 push button to activate the fan-spinning and henshin sound in this post...

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Haul from eBay arrived, sweet... After a last failed attempt to implant the card-reading circuit from DX Dragvisor to Darkvisor, hopefully this time the transplant (card-reading circuit from DX Decadriver to this Diendriver) will be a success... Cost SGD$53.40...

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Although the Spin Sword (Samurai Rangers version) has a much better blade-handle proportion than the DX Shinkenmaru (Shinkenger version), I still find the blade a little too short... Hence decided to get a toy sword blade to replace the existing one... The new blade was shaped to what the original blade has, in order to fit and locked into the Spin Sword. Hot-melt glue is used to flow into the gaps at the tip to give it sturdiness...

Testing... Ok!... Also cut a small piece to cover the blade nearer to the spinning part...

Spray painted silver chrome, then lacquer, but the sprayed lacquer matts the shininess of the chrome silver, so sprayed chrome silver again over the blade... Sadly, the plastic of the new blade does not allow spray paint to stick well...

Finally done! Any sticking is done using hot-melt glue... The new handle is also recycled from the cut-up toy sword's handle, and taped up using black elastic tape... Need to put up more details, like the red narrow triangular detail in the middle of handle, the Shiba Clan logo at the end of handle, etc...

A comparison of the modded Spin Sword with the original one... Overall, not a good mod, some part can be better, especially at the part where the 2 blades "join"... Looks too fat...

Sunday, December 8, 2013

Last day of the Sheng Tai Branded Toys Christmas Sale today... and bought a whole lot of stuff...

Cannot help but wonder how much the folks have earned from selling these toys at a superbly high price (before sales); I believe they also can earn a little by selling at this heavily discounted price... Anyway, cannot resist to buy 2 sets of the Go-Buster DX weapons... Too cheap to miss...

DX Ichigan Buster
Got a pleasant surprise when I saw the price... $20! It was selling at $30 for the 2 times I went down, so I quickly proceed to check out the price of the DX Sougan Blade, to convince myself I can buy the 2 weapons (as a set)... Ok, can buy... and bought 2 sets instead of just 1, hahaha.... 1 for me (I am sort of collecting authentic and/or knock-offs of Sentai/PR weapons), the other for my little nephew... This toy is quite heavy, like a real camera! Sweet...

DX Sougan Blade
The binocular is even cheaper, only $15! Used to cost $25, I sort of quickly grab them... The blade is super short, even though the show's prop is short-bladed in the first place... Strange the other side of the blade is not painted/sticker-ed, so looks a little plain... Probably will make some mod, hehehe... Also bought a 2nd Battle Pokescan for my little nephew to battle with his Ah-Peh, hahaha....

Toy Cleaning Set
For my little niece, hopefully she will learn better in cleaning up her toy mess, hahaha... Cost $18...

Takara Tomy Jenny Bride Doll
Last one or two remaining.. Seems very hot-selling... Cost $9... Hope my little niece will not differentiate between Barbie dolls from Jenny dolls, hahahaha....